Losing the majority of your smile could not only cause embarrassment, but impact how you eat, speak, and even weaken the stability of your facial structure! But we can help with a complete set of dentures. In today’s blog, your Astoria, NY, dentist talks about helping with a set of full dentures.
How Losing Your Natural Teeth Impacts Oral Health
What happens when factors like gum disease, injury, or decay lead to missing teeth? If you are missing most or all of your natural teeth, this could severely limit your meal options. Relying only on soft foods could deprive your body of essential nutrients, and also impact your quality of life. Tooth loss of this magnitude could also weaken your ability to speak clearly, and you may avoid social situations out of embarrassment, another hit to your overall quality of life. The jawbone could also weaken with time, leading to an aged appearance. But we can help restore function and beauty to your smile with a complete set of dentures!
Creating Custom Dentures
Our team will start by numbing the portions of your smile with any remaining teeth, and then gently extracting them from your mouth. We take detailed images and impressions of your bite with digital technology, so we can design and craft a set of prosthetics made specifically for your smile. The finished product will contain a complete row of ceramic teeth, which we shade for a natural appearance. The material can also handle daily bite forces and pressures with ease. These will be set in an acrylic base that mimics the appearance of gum tissues.
Securing Your New Smile
With removable dentures, we will secure your new teeth with suction or possibly the assistance of adhesives. The prosthetic lasts about 5 to 10 years, requiring replacement as the jaw ridge changes shape. We will discuss how to soak and clean them regularly to ensure they last as long as possible and stay comfortably fitting. We could also discuss dental implant options, in which your prosthetics are secured with implant posts. You don’t have to live with an empty smile and poor oral health, our team can help with a full set of new teeth made specifically for you.
If you have any questions about dentures, or if you would like to start your journey now, then reach out to our team. We would love to help you use your remaining 2025 dental insurance benefits and health savings account funds before they expire at the end of the year!
Schedule Your Appointment to Dental Prosthetics
We would like to help take on severe or total tooth loss with a solution that looks natural. To schedule your next appointment with our office, contact Jeffrey Leibowitz, DDS in Astoria, NY by calling 718-728-8320 today.
